Pou 2-1 (1-03) Poultry Slaughter National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released January 3, 2003, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Poultry Slaughter" call John Lange at 202-720-0585, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. Ready-to-Cook Weight Down 3 Percent Poultry certified wholesome during November 2002 (ready-to-cook weight) totaled 2.97 billion pounds, down 3 percent from the amount certified in November 2001. Updated totals for October 2002 show that 3.55 billion pounds were certified. The preliminary total live weight of poultry inspected during November 2002 was 3.98 billion pounds, down 3 percent from a year ago. Young chickens inspected totaled 3.29 billion pounds, down 3 percent from November 2001, and mature chickens at 65.6 million pounds, were up 1 percent from the previous year. Turkey inspections totaled 610 million pounds, down 2 percent, and ducks totaled 12.0 million pounds, a 13 percent decrease. Young chickens slaughtered during November 2002 averaged 5.15 pounds per bird, up 1 percent from November 2001. The average live weight of mature chickens was 5.62 pounds per bird, up 6 percent from a year ago. Turkeys slaughtered during November 2002 averaged 26.4 pounds per bird, up 4 percent from November 2001. Ante-mortem condemnations during November 2002 totaled 14.1 million pounds. Condemnations were 0.35 percent of the live weight inspected, unchanged from a year earlier. Post-mortem condemnations, at 41.4 million pounds (N.Y. dressed weight), were 1.15 percent of quantities inspected, compared with 1.20 percent a year earlier. November 2002 contained 21 weekdays (including two holidays) and five Saturdays. November 2001 contained 22 weekdays (including two holidays) and four Saturdays. Contents Page Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, November 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, November 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, November 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, November 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, November 2002. . . . . . . . 10 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, November 2002. . . . . . . . 11 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2002 . . . . . . . . 12 Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2002. . . . . . . . 14 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, November 2002. . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, November 2002. . . . . . . . 16 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2002 . . . . . . . . 17 Young Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2002. . . . . . . . 18 Reliability Statement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, November 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Nov : Oct : Nov :--------------- Commodity : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : Nov : Oct : : : : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ----------- Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 667,540 771,005 639,754 96 83 Mature : 12,321 15,373 11,657 95 76 Light : 7,190 8,389 6,011 84 72 Heavy : 5,131 6,984 5,646 110 81 Total : 679,861 786,378 651,411 96 83 : Turkeys : Young : 24,518 24,641 22,954 94 93 Old : 159 279 210 132 75 Total : 24,677 24,920 23,164 94 93 : Ducks : 2,046 2,134 1,779 87 83 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ---------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 3,395,215 3,986,666 3,292,170 97 83 Mature : 65,067 83,237 65,555 101 79 Light : 24,687 28,011 20,939 85 75 Heavy : 40,380 55,226 44,616 110 81 Total : 3,460,282 4,069,903 3,357,725 97 83 : Turkeys : Young : 620,393 660,026 604,773 97 92 Old : 4,319 7,482 5,696 132 76 Total : 624,712 667,508 610,469 98 91 : Ducks : 13,772 14,359 11,973 87 83 Other Poultry : 1,161 2,152 908 78 42 : Total Poultry : 4,099,927 4,753,922 3,981,075 97 84 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 5.09 5.17 5.15 101 100 Mature : 5.28 5.41 5.62 106 104 Light : 3.43 3.34 3.48 101 104 Heavy : 7.87 7.91 7.90 100 100 Total : 5.09 5.18 5.15 101 99 : Turkeys : Young : 25.31 26.79 26.35 104 98 Old : 27.14 26.93 27.05 100 100 Total : 25.32 26.79 26.35 104 98 : Ducks : 6.73 6.73 6.73 100 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight by Type, United States, November 2002 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2000 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------ 1,000 Head ------------ Percent : Number Slaughtered : : Chickens : Young : 7,630,202 7,755,351 7,871,334 103 101 Mature : 153,878 147,008 156,560 102 106 Light : 87,407 83,802 89,297 102 107 Heavy : 66,471 63,206 67,263 101 106 Total : 7,784,080 7,902,359 8,027,894 103 102 : Turkeys : Young : 246,274 247,297 246,349 100 100 Old : 2,041 2,138 2,295 112 107 Total : 248,315 249,435 248,644 100 100 : Ducks : 22,246 24,262 21,830 98 90 : : : ----------- 1,000 pounds ----------- Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 38,102,919 38,996,802 40,179,700 105 103 Mature : 819,289 786,143 835,914 102 106 Light : 298,710 286,878 304,301 102 106 Heavy : 520,579 499,265 531,613 102 106 Total : 38,922,208 39,782,945 41,015,614 105 103 : Turkeys : Young : 6,294,074 6,441,997 6,588,438 105 102 Old : 53,471 56,723 62,329 117 110 Total : 6,347,545 6,498,720 6,650,767 105 102 : Ducks : 146,879 160,579 145,934 99 91 Other Poultry : 13,446 12,821 11,476 85 90 : Total Poultry : 45,430,078 46,455,065 47,823,791 105 103 : : : ------------ Pounds ----------- Percent : Average Live Weight : : Chickens : Young : 4.99 5.03 5.10 102 101 Mature : 5.32 5.35 5.34 100 100 Light : 3.42 3.42 3.41 100 100 Heavy : 7.83 7.90 7.90 101 100 Total : 5.00 5.03 5.11 102 102 : Turkeys : Young : 25.56 26.05 26.74 105 103 Old : 26.20 26.52 27.16 104 102 Total : 25.56 26.05 26.75 105 103 : Ducks : 6.60 6.62 6.69 101 101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, November 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Percent of : Nov : Oct : Nov :--------------- Commodity : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 : Nov : Oct : : : : 2001 : 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ---------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 2,276,176 2,653,161 2,197,145 97 83 Mature : 38,567 48,775 39,500 102 81 Light : 12,058 12,771 10,388 86 81 Heavy : 26,509 36,004 29,112 110 81 Total : 2,314,743 2,701,936 2,236,645 97 83 : Turkeys : Young : 247,887 294,026 266,545 108 91 Old : 2,504 3,877 3,468 138 89 Total : 250,391 297,903 270,013 108 91 : Ducks : 4,007 3,707 3,092 77 83 Other Poultry : 242 238 186 77 78 : Total Poultry : 2,569,383 3,003,784 2,509,936 98 84 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 224,533 305,996 238,737 106 78 Mature : 795 1,904 490 62 26 Light : 731 1,590 310 42 19 Heavy : 64 314 180 281 57 Total : 225,328 307,900 239,227 106 78 : Turkeys : Young : 241,782 224,975 210,004 87 93 Old : 837 1,729 889 106 51 Total : 242,619 226,704 210,893 87 93 : Ducks : 5,624 6,565 5,529 98 84 Other Poultry : 481 1,078 365 76 34 : Total Poultry : 474,052 542,247 456,014 96 84 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,500,709 2,959,157 2,435,882 97 82 Mature : 39,362 50,679 39,990 102 79 Light : 12,789 14,361 10,698 84 74 Heavy : 26,573 36,318 29,292 110 81 Total : 2,540,071 3,009,836 2,475,872 97 82 : Turkeys : Young : 489,669 519,001 476,549 97 92 Old : 3,341 5,606 4,357 130 78 Total : 493,010 524,607 480,906 98 92 : Ducks : 9,631 10,272 8,621 90 84 Other Poultry : 723 1,316 551 76 42 : Total Poultry : 3,043,435 3,546,031 2,965,950 97 84 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Poultry Slaughter: Chilled and Frozen, Pounds Certified by Type, United States, November 2002 1/ (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : January to Date : Percent of Commodity :------------------------------------------------------ : 2000 : 2001 : 2002 : 2000 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ----------- 1,000 Pounds ----------- Percent : Chilled : : Chickens : Young : 25,722,447 26,288,251 26,901,184 105 102 Mature : 461,689 461,260 487,356 106 106 Light : 138,638 136,881 142,934 103 104 Heavy : 323,051 324,379 344,422 107 106 Total : 26,184,136 26,749,511 27,388,540 105 102 : Turkeys : Young : 2,394,004 2,468,846 2,671,387 112 108 Old : 26,868 33,623 37,860 141 113 Total : 2,420,872 2,502,469 2,709,247 112 108 : Ducks : 40,896 44,468 38,115 93 86 Other Poultry : 3,291 2,905 2,340 71 81 : Total Poultry : 28,649,195 29,299,353 30,138,242 105 103 : Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 2,415,004 2,512,753 2,854,921 118 114 Mature : 32,851 13,670 16,635 51 122 Light : 15,686 11,459 13,420 86 117 Heavy : 17,165 2,211 3,215 19 145 Total : 2,447,855 2,526,423 2,871,556 117 114 : Turkeys : Young : 2,564,462 2,629,606 2,532,269 99 96 Old : 13,478 9,864 9,666 72 98 Total : 2,577,940 2,639,470 2,541,935 99 96 : Ducks : 64,538 70,167 68,197 106 97 Other Poultry : 4,907 4,887 4,678 95 96 : Total Poultry : 5,095,240 5,240,947 5,486,366 108 105 : Total Chilled and Frozen : : Chickens : Young : 28,137,451 28,801,004 29,756,105 106 103 Mature : 494,540 474,930 503,991 102 106 Light : 154,324 148,340 156,354 101 105 Heavy : 340,216 326,590 347,637 102 106 Total : 28,631,991 29,275,934 30,260,096 106 103 : Turkeys : Young : 4,958,466 5,098,452 5,203,656 105 102 Old : 40,346 43,487 47,526 118 109 Total : 4,998,812 5,141,939 5,251,182 105 102 : Ducks : 105,434 114,635 106,312 101 93 Other Poultry : 8,198 7,792 7,018 86 90 : Total Poultry : 33,744,435 34,540,300 35,624,608 106 103 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. Poultry Slaughter: Ante-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, November 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct :---------------: of : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : Live Weight : : Chickens : Young :12,028 13,827 11,637 97 84 160,557 163,184 102 Mature : 763 1,181 824 108 70 13,748 16,227 118 Light : 372 497 381 102 77 6,318 7,249 115 Heavy : 391 684 443 113 65 7,430 8,978 121 Total :12,791 15,008 12,461 97 83 174,305 179,411 103 : Turkeys : Young : 1,348 1,800 1,562 116 87 20,931 21,032 100 Old : 34 58 53 156 91 655 619 95 Total : 1,382 1,858 1,615 117 87 21,586 21,651 100 : Ducks : 30 23 16 53 70 342 303 89 Other Poultry : 4 15 3 75 20 48 55 115 : Total Poultry :14,207 16,904 14,095 99 83 196,281 201,420 103 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.35 0.35 0.35 100 100 0.41 0.41 100 Mature : 1.17 1.42 1.26 108 89 1.75 1.94 111 Light : 1.51 1.78 1.82 121 102 2.20 2.38 108 Heavy : 0.97 1.24 1.00 103 81 1.49 1.69 113 Total : 0.37 0.37 0.37 100 100 0.44 0.44 100 : Turkeys : Young : 0.22 0.27 0.26 118 96 0.32 0.32 100 Old : 0.79 0.76 0.93 118 122 1.15 0.99 86 Total : 0.22 0.28 0.26 118 93 0.33 0.33 100 : Ducks : 0.22 0.16 0.14 64 88 0.21 0.21 100 Other Poultry : 0.38 0.64 0.39 103 61 0.37 0.48 130 : Total Poultry : 0.35 0.36 0.35 100 97 0.42 0.42 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of live weight pounds inspected. Poultry Slaughter: Post-Mortem Condemnations by Type, United States, November 2002 1/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : :Percent of : January : : : : :-----------: to Date :Percent Commodity : Nov : Oct : Nov : Nov : Oct :---------------: of : 2001 : 2002 : 2002 :2001 :2002 : 2001 : 2002 : 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- :---- 1,000 Pounds ---- Percent 1,000 Pounds Percent : N.Y. Dressed Weight: : Chickens : Young :29,771 30,665 26,707 90 87 433,936 351,134 81 Mature : 3,534 4,651 3,631 103 78 41,241 43,425 105 Light : 1,875 2,252 1,631 87 72 20,368 21,960 108 Heavy : 1,659 2,399 2,000 121 83 20,873 21,465 103 Total :33,305 35,316 30,338 91 86 475,177 394,559 83 : Turkeys : Young :10,300 12,037 10,465 102 87 129,510 121,199 94 Old : 219 364 324 148 89 3,459 3,755 109 Total :10,519 12,401 10,789 103 87 132,969 124,954 94 : Ducks : 258 268 238 92 89 3,451 2,700 78 Other Poultry : 12 29 15 125 52 141 141 100 : Total Poultry :44,094 48,014 41,380 94 86 611,738 522,354 85 : : : Percent : Percent of Total : Weight Condemned 2/: : Chickens : Young : 0.97 0.85 0.90 93 106 1.24 0.97 78 Mature : 6.03 6.21 6.15 102 99 5.83 5.77 99 Light : 8.44 8.94 8.65 102 97 7.89 8.02 102 Heavy : 4.56 4.83 4.98 109 103 4.64 4.49 97 Total : 1.07 0.96 1.00 93 104 1.33 1.07 80 : Turkeys : Young : 1.84 2.03 1.92 104 95 2.23 2.04 91 Old : 5.64 5.40 6.33 112 117 6.77 6.69 99 Total : 1.87 2.06 1.96 105 95 2.27 2.09 92 : Ducks : 2.08 2.08 2.22 107 107 2.39 2.06 86 Other Poultry : 1.19 1.54 1.71 144 111 1.23 1.37 111 : Total Poultry : 1.20 1.12 1.15 96 103 1.46 1.21 83 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Federally inspected only. 2/ Pounds condemned as a percent of N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, November 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October :November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : ---- 1,000 Head --- ---- 1,000 Pounds ---- --- Pounds --- : AL : 90,701 78,452 463,237 402,621 5.11 5.13 AR : 106,326 86,009 533,659 425,351 5.02 4.95 CA : * * * * * * DE : 23,933 19,832 145,620 121,590 6.08 6.13 FL : 10,330 8,866 55,645 46,051 5.39 5.19 GA : 112,937 94,812 565,763 478,627 5.01 5.05 KY : 22,974 19,168 121,525 101,292 5.29 5.28 LA : 16,560 14,030 81,574 71,534 4.93 5.10 MD : 18,242 15,210 87,787 72,104 4.81 4.74 MS : 66,710 55,141 359,303 296,396 5.39 5.38 MO : 34,803 29,659 163,745 138,704 4.70 4.68 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 61,151 48,905 374,081 295,339 6.12 6.04 OH : 4,194 3,530 22,557 19,442 5.38 5.51 PA : 10,165 8,561 54,504 45,406 5.36 5.30 SC : 21,417 19,012 120,699 107,318 5.64 5.64 TN : 20,882 17,553 100,881 84,698 4.83 4.83 TX : 56,919 47,891 279,210 233,339 4.91 4.87 VA : 29,556 23,788 149,115 117,968 5.05 4.96 WA : 4,900 3,666 26,410 19,752 5.39 5.39 : Oth Sts : 58,305 45,669 281,351 214,638 4.83 4.70 : US : 771,005 639,754 3,986,666 3,292,170 5.17 5.15 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Chickens Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations by State and United States, November 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds --------------- --- Percent --- : AL : 346,889 295,608 3,940 3,632 0.94 1.00 AR : 385,908 305,700 4,056 3,568 0.84 0.93 CA : * * * * * * DE : 106,256 88,862 1,810 1,635 1.38 1.49 FL : 39,322 33,764 656 449 1.31 1.08 GA : 417,584 357,446 3,506 3,190 0.69 0.74 KY : 90,365 74,811 829 647 0.76 0.71 LA : 59,074 51,609 336 308 0.46 0.48 MD : 64,729 51,368 874 935 1.11 1.44 MS : 269,749 222,666 2,108 1,714 0.65 0.64 MO : 120,261 103,321 966 891 0.66 0.71 NJ : * * * * * * NY : * * * * * * NC : 295,080 231,944 3,371 2,663 1.00 1.00 OH : 16,382 14,160 337 386 1.66 2.20 PA : 37,479 31,757 1,054 911 2.15 2.23 SC : 89,237 79,096 744 707 0.68 0.73 TN : 69,053 58,083 645 530 0.71 0.69 TX : 217,397 178,057 1,774 1,583 0.71 0.75 VA : 107,177 84,000 1,298 1,207 0.97 1.14 WA : 19,751 14,717 271 225 1.14 1.26 : Oth Sts : 207,464 158,913 2,090 1,526 0.83 0.79 : US : 2,959,157 2,435,882 30,665 26,707 0.85 0.90 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 121,949 40,370 1,309 * AR : * 193,192 64,737 4,398 2,609 CA : 4,274 * 3,914 198 798 DE : 982 92,754 15,549 * * FL : * * * * * GA : 765 99,932 58,941 384 5,527 IN : * 5,430 * * 187 KY : * 33,977 * * 1,799 LA : * 14,547 5,204 * 297 MD : 1,571 57,520 15,027 50 * MS : 321 66,798 21,630 461 1,453 MO : 1,633 70,239 * 694 * NJ : * * * * * NY : * * * * * NC : 755 101,885 30,867 * * OH : * 20,596 1,996 * * PA : 211 31,634 16,889 259 * SC : * 23,861 * * 1,112 TN : 161 39,145 9,333 310 596 TX : * 100,773 47,857 270 1,565 VA : * 57,978 * 58 * WA : * * 761 11 * : Oth Sts : 7,641 188,780 107,145 3,563 42,060 : US : 18,314 1,320,990 440,220 11,965 58,003 : Mature Birds : Light : 1,849 230,425 19,247 172 117,797 Heavy : 1 1,201 87,762 3,736 399 12,061 : US : 1 3,050 318,187 22,983 571 129,858 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 5,676 24,107 27,642 7,312 74,349 308,614 AR : 8,240 25,031 30,305 * 36,087 371,048 CA : 358 * 1,504 * * 134,039 DE : 2,854 9,585 11,296 1,746 17,783 158,608 FL : * 4,275 * * 6,857 46,208 GA : 5,518 38,574 25,087 5,771 106,353 346,852 IN : 53 * * * * * KY : * 14,492 3,137 732 10,510 89,311 LA : 539 4,996 3,503 * * 32,965 MD : 1,950 18,248 * * 15,273 141,807 MS : 3,268 14,707 11,036 293 45,286 165,253 MO : 1,316 12,254 11,741 * 41,188 161,948 NJ : 793 * * * * 17,106 NY : 882 * 3,825 286 * * NC : 4,736 24,362 22,686 4,914 56,907 259,078 OH : 390 * * * * 35,333 PA : 1,624 4,863 7,148 779 * 129,743 SC : 1,387 5,556 1,972 4,332 4,696 * TN : 1,280 12,897 5,245 876 6,702 76,545 TX : 1,102 6,654 9,611 * 9,532 181,039 VA : 2,015 13,023 * * 15,983 137,847 WA : * * * * * 20,057 : Oth Sts : 2,576 13,051 81,636 13,854 148,996 224,094 : US : 46,557 246,675 257,374 40,895 596,502 3,037,495 : Mature Birds : Light : 14,487 30,995 165,769 1,564 50,335 632,640 Heavy : 2,219 17,135 22,404 2,608 60,251 209,777 : US : 16,706 48,130 188,173 4,172 110,586 842,417 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to the total for "Other States". Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis : Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis : Synovitis : Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : * 109,523 50,000 943 * AR : 3,457 178,686 79,841 3,457 2,398 CA : * * 2,774 114 529 DE : 1,735 86,218 16,087 67 * FL : * * * * * GA : 952 90,180 67,163 232 5,008 IN : * 4,434 * * 228 KY : 97 28,036 * * 1,496 LA : * 12,218 5,087 * 250 MD : 1,247 53,709 23,553 37 * MS : 254 55,141 24,773 320 1,167 MO : 1,362 66,931 * 633 * NJ : 9 * * * * NY : * * * 221 * NC : 545 81,969 37,543 * * OH : * 19,111 1,829 * * PA : * 30,377 17,591 169 * SC : 92 22,637 * * * TN : * 32,912 7,343 273 713 TX : 218 92,067 53,686 289 1,689 VA : 306 47,036 * 19 * WA : 23 * 1,094 * * : Oth Sts : 10,887 147,486 128,682 2,334 40,013 : US : 21,222 1,158,671 517,046 9,108 53,491 : Mature Birds : Light : 1,377 163,573 11,206 87 72,995 Heavy : 991 72,868 3,665 314 9,701 : US : 2,368 236,441 14,871 401 82,696 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See footnote(s) at end of table. --continued Chickens Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2002 (continued) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :------------------------------------------------------------------ : Number of Head : Young Birds : AL : 4,732 20,391 24,795 5,741 89,517 311,050 AR : 6,488 19,735 25,881 3,502 36,457 359,902 CA : 210 * 980 478 * * DE : 2,706 7,878 9,060 * 15,103 149,643 FL : * 2,325 * 121 6,553 35,069 GA : 4,367 34,870 21,630 6,271 87,225 317,898 IN : * * * * * * KY : * 9,199 2,563 * 7,404 68,084 LA : 429 4,104 3,417 54 * 30,612 MD : * 15,466 * * 17,072 144,527 MS : 2,544 12,053 9,839 563 44,553 151,207 MO : 1,196 11,259 11,463 104 34,303 158,009 NJ : * * * * * * NY : 778 * 3,751 300 * * NC : 3,544 17,978 16,661 4,160 35,293 209,343 OH : 243 * 932 57 * 38,050 PA : 1,327 4,074 5,672 * 44,743 106,096 SC : * 5,858 2,151 * * * TN : 872 10,488 3,713 * 7,767 67,093 TX : 959 8,033 10,612 1,012 11,573 180,138 VA : 1,673 10,057 * * 18,459 129,234 WA : * * * * * 17,753 : Oth Sts : 5,747 10,726 67,122 17,938 63,282 307,986 : US : 37,815 204,494 220,242 40,301 519,304 2,781,694 : Mature Birds : Light : 12,365 22,950 145,429 1,296 36,482 467,760 Heavy : 1,796 20,717 20,378 2,036 52,570 185,036 : US : 14,161 43,667 165,807 3,332 89,052 652,796 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to the total for "Other States". Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Number, Live Weight, and Average Live Weight, by State and United States, November 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number : : Average : Slaughtered : Live Weight : Live Weight State :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October :November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --- 1,000 Head --- --- 1,000 Pounds --- ---- Pounds --- : AR : 3,005 2,931 54,314 51,541 18.07 17.58 CA : 1,838 * 45,763 * 24.90 * IA : 1,708 1,476 53,670 45,082 31.42 30.55 MN : 3,296 3,122 87,926 81,825 26.68 26.21 MO : 1,801 1,670 56,633 50,190 31.44 30.06 NC : * * * * * * OH : * * * * * * PA : * 1,240 * 27,826 * 22.44 VA : 3,140 * 68,224 * 21.73 * : Oth Sts : 9,853 12,494 293,496 347,909 29.79 27.85 : US : 24,641 22,954 660,026 604,773 26.79 26.35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. Young Turkeys (Mature) Slaughtered: Pounds Certified and Post-Mortem Condemnations, by State and United States, November 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Post-Mortem Condemnations :Total Chilled and Frozen :------------------------------------------- State : Pounds Certified 1/ : N.Y. Dressed Weight : Percent 2/ :--------------------------------------------------------------------- : October : November : October : November : October : November -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : --------------- 1,000 Pounds -------------- --- Percent --- : AR : 44,288 41,363 908 887 1.86 1.91 CA : 36,871 * 838 * 2.04 * IA : 41,428 35,122 1,361 1,108 2.82 2.73 MN : 70,401 65,294 1,789 1,562 2.26 2.12 MO : 44,136 39,392 1,401 1,059 2.75 2.34 NC : * * * * * * OH : * * * * * * PA : * 21,965 * 324 * 1.29 VA : 52,850 * 1,014 * 1.65 * : Oth Sts : 229,027 273,102 4,726 5,520 1.79 1.76 : US : 519,001 476,549 12,037 10,465 2.03 1.92 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ Ready-to-cook weights. 2/ Pounds condemned as percent of equivalent N.Y. dressed weight of quantity inspected. Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, October 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * * * * CA : * 9,153 * * 4 IA : 6,346 1,614 * 4 MN : * 20,475 1,346 * * MO : 14,837 * * * NC : 6 * * * 4 OH : * * 204 * PA : * * * 11 4 VA : * * * * 5 : Other States : 24 49,267 9,843 7,409 50 : US : 30 100,078 13,007 7,420 71 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 1 4,259 1,186 11 359 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * 821 * * * * CA : 30 * * * * 12,295 IA : 155 285 762 * 1,110 13,487 MN : 187 1,243 1,023 * 2,329 28,185 MO : * * 490 * * 21,046 NC : 88 1,174 * 134 1,470 * OH : * * * * * * PA : 55 * 149 * * * VA : * * * * 2,904 8,257 : Other States : 260 9,096 5,098 2,065 11,001 79,265 : US : 775 12,619 7,522 2,199 18,814 162,535 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 18 274 149 82 992 7,331 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to the total for "Other States". Turkeys Slaughtered: Number Condemned Post-Mortem by Cause, by Type, by State and United States, November 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Tuber- : : : Airsac- : : State : culosis :Leukosis :Septicemia: culitis :Synovitis: Tumors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * * * * CA : * 7,601 357 * 18 IA : 6,248 1,360 * * MN : * 18,354 * * * MO : 12,685 * * * NC : * * * * 5 OH : * * * * * PA : * * 385 20 * VA : * * * * * : Other States : 301 46,536 7,630 5,298 51 : US : 301 91,424 9,732 5,318 74 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 2 5,677 469 32 251 :-------------------------------------------------------------- : : : Contam- : : : : Bruises : Cadaver : ination :Overscald : Other : Total 1/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- : Number of Head : Young (Mature) : AR : * * * * * * CA : 25 * * * * 11,558 IA : 129 * 647 * 812 12,253 MN : 175 1,231 860 * 1,625 24,628 MO : * * 319 * * 16,703 NC : * 533 * * 1,198 * OH : 16 * 39 * * * PA : 94 * 179 16 * * VA : * * * * * * : Other States : 330 5,809 3,954 3,075 13,291 76,071 : US : 776 7,573 5,998 3,091 16,926 141,213 : Old (Breeders) : : US : 21 113 177 1 585 7,328 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Included in "Other States" to avoid disclosing individual operations. 1/ The sum of the individual diseases does not add across to the total for "Other States". Poultry Slaughter Estimates Data Sources: Primary data for poultry slaughter estimates are obtained from the Poultry Inspection Form (FSIS 6000-21). This form is completed by inspectors of the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), USDA for all Federally Inspected (FI) plants. Over 99 percent of the total U.S. slaughter for any species is under FI. The FSIS 6000-21 forms collect number of head slaughtered daily under FI by species and class as well as condemnations and total live and dressed weights. Approximately 350 plants in the U.S. are operated under Federal Inspection. Revision Policy: Revisions are generally the result of late reports received by FSIS from plants and are usually less than one-half of 1 percent of the preliminary totals. Revisions for the previous month and year-to-date totals are published in each monthly release. Final data are published in the annual summary released in April and reflect any late reports or corrections which occurred after the monthly revision were published. Procedures and Reliability: Plant inspectors submit forms (FSIS 6000-21) weekly summarizing the plant's activity. When inconsistencies in the data are detected, the reports are returned to the inspectors for correction. Inspectors correct or validate the report and resubmit it. The reports cover weekly activities through Saturday night and reported data are allocated to the appropriate month as it enters the database. A NASS computer program provides a review of current data with historical data for each plant. An edit provides checks for the detection of errors such as invalid plant information, duplication, and erroneous data. Data are summarized weekly and accumulated to monthly totals for this release. Data for major slaughter plants with missing reports are adjusted prior to publication to assure that all plants slaughtering a significant portion of a specific class are accounted for each week. Estimates for missing weeks are made only after verifying that the plant was in operation. Adjustments are based on either the previous week's information or a week determined to be similar to the one missing. Late reports replace imputed data as they become available. While there is a varying degree of incompleteness from month to month, it has only a minimal impact on the published totals. Poultry slaughter estimates are based on a census of operating plants and, therefore, have no sampling error. However, they may be subject to errors such as omissions, duplications, and mistakes in reporting, recording, and processing the data. These errors are minimized through strict quality controls in the edit and summarization process, and a careful review of all reported data for consistency and reasonableness. State data are published for selected states for young chickens and young turkeys. State data are not published if less than three plants operate for a species in a State, or if one plant has 60 percent or more of the total live weight for that species. Data for all states not published are included in the "Other States" category. Also included in this category are data for published states that are confidential (denoted by an *). Data for all states are included in the U.S. totals. For 2001, young chickens were killed in 31 states, young turkeys in 21 states. Definitions Ante-Mortem Condemnations - Birds condemned prior to their entry into the slaughter plant. Certified Ready-to-Cook - The weight of poultry certified wholesome by inspection after post-mortem condemnation pounds are removed. Ready-to-cook represents poultry meat ready for the marketing channel. Ducks - Includes all ducks regardless of age and weight. Fryer-Roaster Turkeys - Young immature birds, usually under 16 weeks of age. Included with young turkeys. Mature Chickens - Fowl from breeder and market egg flocks and stags and cocks. New York Dressed Weight - Carcass weight after only feathers and blood are removed. This weight is approximately 90% of live weight. Old Turkeys (Breeders) - Fully matured birds held for egg production, usually over 15 months of age. Other Poultry - Includes all other ready-to-cook products which bear the USDA Inspected for Wholesomeness legend. Post-Mortem Condemnations - Carcasses or parts condemned by the inspector because of disease or mishandling and removed from the slaughter line and destroyed. Young Chickens - Commercially grown broilers-fryers and other young immature birds such as roasters and capons. 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